Chris Hero Says He’s Not Retired, Can’t Stay Away From Wrestling

In an interview with Fightful, Chris Hero said that he has not retired from wrestling, although he has taken a new role for West Coast Pro. He works as a matchmaker for the company. Here are highlights:

On working for West Coast Pro: “That wasn’t even supposed to happen. I just kind of felt it. Scott and I had been talking, you know, leading up to the show. We had some ideas, and man, the first half of the show was going, I was feeling good and I went and talked to Scott and I was like, ‘Hey, I’m about to run up after the intermission. Should I let the ring announcer know?’ He’s like, ‘No, don’t.”

On if he’s retired: “If I was retired there would have been some kind of a celebration, a ceremony, a festival. A week long, month long thing. No, I’m not retired. I’m currently inactive. I just can’t stay away from wrestling in any way. So as I bide my time and wait for the right thing to come back for and start having matches again, I have kept pretty active. I’ve done a bunch of seminars, I’ve done signings, of course. Then I kind of dabbled into the world of producing. It’s funny, we use this term producing, but it’s kind of like directing. Directing is probably a better [term], but I’m not going to start calling myself a director.”

On possible matches with Bryan Danielson or Claudio Castagnoli: “Never say never.”